Evening Standard editor Sheffield departs
Emily Sheffield, editor of the Evening Standard, has left. Sheffield joined the Evening Standard in 2017 and took the seat of editor in 2020. She previously served as a columnist. She has also worked at Sky News and prior to that was with Vogue in London for close to 12 years, serving as deputy editor […]
Sleigh to join HuffPost as deputy political editor
Sophia Sleigh will be joining HuffPost UK as a deputy political editor. Her new role begins September 6. Sleigh joins from the Evening Standard, where she recently served as a political correspondent. Before that, she held the posts of news reporter, City Hall reporter, and political reporter. She has also reviewed newspapers at Times Radio. […]
Williams-Grut departs Yahoo Finance for Evening Standard
Oscar Williams-Grut is joining the Evening Standard as city editor. In his new role, he will be driving the desk’s digital expansion, focusing on more tech coverage and overseeing the daily section of the paper. His new role begins in September. Previously, Williams-Grut has worked at the Evening Standard as an online business journalist and […]
Evening Standard journalist Wadia goes freelance
Helena Wadia, a senior video journalist at the Evening Standard, is going freelance. Prior to joining the Evening Standard, she was a video journalist at London Live ESTV. She was also a senior development researcher at Parable Works and has freelanced for ITN/Channel 5 News, BBC Asian Network and BBC World News. She has also […]
Evening Standard hires Harvey as digital news editor
Sarah Harvey has joined the Evening Standard as a digital news editor. She comes from The Telegraph where she spent more than 3 years as assistant news editor, digital. She has also worked as a news director at Fairfax Media NZ and was a senior writer at Mindfood Magazine. She has also worked as a […]
The Independent hires Cockroft as editor
Stephanie Cockroft has joined The Independent as an Indy100 editor. She comes from The Evening Standard where she has worked for more than 3 years, joining as a night news editor. She then became an associate news editor and then served as an online news editor before holding the post of news editor. She has […]
Evening Standard hires Ambrose as news reporter
Tom Ambrose has joined Evening Standard as a news reporter. Previously, he was chief reporter at Archant, covering titles including Romford Recorder, Barking and Dagenham Post, Newham Recorder, Ilford Recorder and East London Advertiser. He has also worked as a news editor at Audience Media Ltd. He has also worked as a PR and social […]
Former Evening Standard executive editor Ashton on his new book
City A.M. acting editor Andy Silvester is joined by the Evening Standard’s former city and executive editor James Ashton on City A.M.’s podcast “The City View” to discuss the latter’s new book, “The Nine Types of Leader.” Ashton will also talk about the business landscape as the economy enters a post-pandemic world. You can listen […]
